"The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is today announcing that General Director Perryn Leech will be moving on from the organization by mutual agreement. David C. Ferguson has been appointed as Interim General Director, effective immediately. We … » Read

OJAI, CA—Since the 1980s, the Ojai Festival has had a different music director every year, with only the artistic director remaining in place year-round (currently it’s Ara Guzelimian). As a result there have been wide swings in … » Read

Amy Lam, founder and principal of the Lamling Consulting Group, is to serve as interim executive director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, which this year runs from July 14 to August 19. David Kitto, named to the post last fall , has had … » Read

Just on the heels of the departure of its development and chief advancement VP , Juilliard is losing another key staffer in Rosalie Contreras, VP of public affairs. She leaves in July and will be succeeded by Mary Caraccioli a former  … » Read

At a ceremony at the Ministry of Culture in Rome, Italian violinist Uto Ughi received a lifetime achievement award from Italy’s Chamber of Deputies recognizing the 80-year-old’s extraordinary contribution to Italian musical culture. … » Read

Emily Fritz-Endres is to be the next executive director of the Albany Symphony Orchestra as of August. She succeeds David Hyslop , who has been serving as interim since January, three months after the departure of Anna Kuwabara. Fritz-Endes is a … » Read

Once the rock star of the avant-garde, the blonde, charismatic Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928-2007) has been fading toward invisibility in the U.S. The Park Avenue Amory's presentation of Inside Light, taken from the composer's gargantuan cycle of … » Read

Violinist Xiao Wang bested 20 contestants to win first prize at the New York Classic Violin Competition on May 31st. The 37-year-old string player, currently a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music, received a €20,000 cash prize … » Read

San Francisco Symphony has recently announced the retirement of five longtime players who have collectively accrued 183 years in the orchestra. Violinist and former associate concertmaster Nadya Tichman joined the orchestra in 1980, played as … » Read

Tabita Berglund , who becomes principal guest conductor of the Detroit Symphony as of next season , will take the same role with the Dresden Philharmonic as of 2025-26. Her debut with the orchestra last November, conducting Sibelius’s … » Read